Anyone anticipating a .327 Federal levergun from Marlin?

[MatthewVanitas]

Any rumors about such a beast yet? I know Marlin did a limited run (500ish?) of .32 H&R 1894CB carbines not too many years back. It must've taken a bit of design tweaking, since it was loaded from the tube (.22 style) rather than a loading gate for technical reasons.

I just started reloading .32 H&R, so I'd certainly be glad to see new-production .327 leverguns from Marlin, hopefully ones tweaked to run the shorther H&R and maybe even S&W rounds as well.

Here's the .32H&R version:

Still slightly disappointed that Marlin never made a .480 levergun, though Puma/Legacy stepped up to the plate with their Win1892 clones.

 

[owlhoot]

Marlin did the .32 magnum primarily for the cowboy action shooting market. Many of the women and a few men liked the small .32 Mag Single Six by Ruger and they needed a companion rifle for it.

The .327 isn't a candidate for CAS so I seriously doubt that there would be much incentive for Marlin to ever build a rifle for it. Too bad, because it is a nice cartridge.